Top 300 Keeper League Skaters – March 2018

Dobber

2018-03-05

Here are the Top 300 skaters to own in your points-only keeper leagues.

This month is the final month in which 'this year' points projection will be used. In April we look to next season and the two seasons after that. Remember, players within +/- 5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal and become a matter of team need and personal bias. Check back tomorrow for the Top 100 keeper league defensemen list.

Click on any player name to be taken to their fantasy hockey profile, with all the stats you need for quick analysis for your league.

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March	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	Feb	Jan	Change
1	Connor McDavid	EDM		207.2	1	1	0
2	Nikita Kucherov	TBL		199.6	2	2	0
3	Sidney Crosby	PIT		159.3	3	3	0
4	Johnny Gaudreau	CGY		157.4	5	8	1
5	Nathan MacKinnon	COL		156.3	8	9	3
6	Steven Stamkos	TBL		155.0	6	6	0
7	Blake Wheeler	WPG		153.4	10	12	3
8	Alex Ovechkin	WAS		151.6	11	10	3
9	John Tavares	NYI		149.1	4	4	-5
10	Evgeni Malkin	PIT		148.0	18	25	8
11	Claude Giroux	PHI		145.9	13	19	2
12	Phil Kessel	PIT		143.6	12	16	0
13	Patrick Kane	CHI		136.5	9	7	-4
14	Jakub Voracek	PHI		132.9	16	24	2
15	Taylor Hall	NJD		132.6	19	28	4
16	Jack Eichel	BUF		130.8	7	13	-9
17	Patrik Laine	WPG		129.7	25	20	8
18	Mark Scheifele	WPG		129.0	17	5	-1
19	Evgeny Kuznetsov	WAS		128.0	21	18	2
20	Tyler Seguin	DAL		127.6	14	14	-6
21	Mathew Barzal	NYI		127.1	28	49	7
22	Brad Marchand	BOS		126.5	20	22	-2
23	Anze Kopitar	LAK		125.6	33	29	10
24	Vladimir Tarasenko	STL		124.5	15	11	-9
25	Jonathan Marchessault	VGK		124.0	35	38	10
26	Leon Draisaitl	EDM		120.9	26	23	0
27	Jamie Benn	DAL		118.8	24	21	-3
28	Aleksander Barkov	FLA		118.8	43	35	15
29	Mikko Rantanen	COL		117.6	32	39	3
30	Josh Bailey	NYI		117.5	27	40	-3
31	Auston Matthews	TOR		114.9	22	15	-9
32	David Pastrnak	BOS		114.1	30	31	-2
33	Jonathan Huberdeau	FLA		113.7	29	30	-4
34	Mark Stone	OTT		113.2	41	33	7
35	Nicklas Backstrom	WAS		113.2	23	17	-12
36	Sean Monahan	CGY		112.2	31	27	-5
37	Nikolaj Ehlers	WPG		109.5	36	32	-1
38	Mitch Marner	TOR		108.7	51	47	13
39	Brock Boeser	VAN		107.1	34	36	-5
40	Erik Karlsson	OTT	y	105.4	40	26	0
41	Alexander Radulov	DAL		104.9	37	41	-4
42	Brayden Point	TBL		104.1	48	53	6
43	Artemi Panarin	CBJ		104.0	44	37	1
44	John Klingberg	DAL	y	103.0	38	46	-6
45	Brayden Schenn	STL		101.2	39	34	-6
46	Mikael Granlund	MIN		100.8	49	45	3
47	Sean Couturier	PHI		99.4	46	51	-1
48	Vincent Trocheck	FLA		99.3	50	56	2
49	Eric Staal	MIN		99.3	70	73	21
50	Ryan Getzlaf	ANA		98.5	45	42	-5
51	Brent Burns	SJS	y	97.1	42	48	-9
52	Filip Forsberg	NSH		97.1	47	44	-5
53	William Karlsson	VGK		94.4	56	71	3
54	Reilly Smith	VGK		93.0	71	87	17
55	Victor Hedman	TBL	y	92.3	55	50	0
56	Joe Pavelski	SJS		90.6	65	60	9
57	Jaden Schwartz	STL		90.5	52	43	-5
58	Viktor Arvidsson	NSH		88.6	84	88	26
59	Teuvo Teravainen	CAR		88.5	53	52	-6
60	P.K. Subban	NSH	y	88.5	63	69	3
61	William Nylander	TOR		87.8	57	65	-4
62	Shayne Gostisbehere	PHI	y	85.4	68	61	6
63	Ryan Johansen	NSH		84.4	58	59	-5
64	Logan Couture	SJS		83.5	59	55	-5
65	Rickard Rakell	ANA		83.2	67	68	2
66	David Perron	VGK		83.1	76	130	10
67	Sebastian Aho	CAR		82.9	61	63	-6
68	Clayton Keller	ARI		82.2	72	70	4
69	Anders Lee	NYI		81.8	54	54	-15
70	J.T. Miller	TBL		81.7	79	74	9
71	Patrice Bergeron	BOS		79.1	60	72	-11
72	Dylan Larkin	DET		78.9	64	62	-8
73	Nico Hischier	NJD		77.7	78	80	5
74	Gabriel Landeskog	COL		77.4	73	82	-1
75	Tyler Johnson	TBL		77.0	66	77	-9
76	Jonathan Drouin	MON		76.5	69	58	-7
77	John Carlson	WAS	y	74.4	85	93	8
78	Ryan O'Reilly	BUF		74.0	81	81	3
79	Matthew Tkachuk	CGY		73.1	89	112	10
80	Mike Hoffman	OTT		71.5	80	57	0
81	Kyle Connor	WPG		71.5	115	121	34
82	Nazem Kadri	TOR		71.3	97	85	15
83	Jason Zucker	MIN		71.0	138	137	55
84	Nick Schmaltz	CHI		70.6	83	110	-1
85	Erik Haula	VGK		70.5	93	111	8
86	Jordan Eberle	NYI		70.3	75	75	-11
87	Roman Josi	NSH	y	69.7	101	104	14
88	Tyler Toffoli	LAK		69.4	74	67	-14
89	James van Riemsdyk	TOR		67.4	94	78	5
90	Evgeny Dadonov	FLA		67.1	122	122	32
91	Alex DeBrincat	CHI		66.7	107	107	16
92	Kevin Fiala	NSH		66.5	126	139	34
93	Jonathan Toews	CHI		66.5	82	76	-11
94	Vladislav Namestnikov	NYR		65.5	62	64	-32
95	Yanni Gourde	TBL		65.1	165	186	70
96	Kyle Turris	NSH		64.1	77	83	-19
97	Jake Guentzel	PIT		63.6	99	94	2
98	Matt Duchene	OTT		63.3	105	84	7
99	Jeff Skinner	CAR		62.9	86	79	-13
100	Max Pacioretty	MON		62.7	91	92	-9
101	Alex Galchenyuk	MON		62.5	109	108	8
102	Mika Zibanejad	NYR		62.0	87	66	-15
103	Drew Doughty	LAK	y	62.0	98	89	-5
104	Evander Kane	SJS		61.6	102	96	-2
105	Anthony Mantha	DET		61.3	104	103	-1
106	Mats Zuccarello	NYR		61.0	88	86	-18
107	Tyson Barrie	COL	y	60.6	123	129	16
108	Henrik Zetterberg	DET		60.1	103	99	-5
109	Morgan Rielly	TOR	y	59.5	114	102	5
110	Elias Lindholm	CAR		59.3	100	101	-10
111	Derek Stepan	ARI		58.4	113	105	2
112	Ondrej Palat	TBL		58.2	95	95	-17
113	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	EDM		58.0	92	90	-21
114	Derick Brassard	PIT		57.9	127	124	13
115	Bo Horvat	VAN		56.6	116	115	1
116	Bryan Little	WPG		56.3	106	116	-10
117	Danton Heinen	BOS		56.0	125	134	8
118	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	ARI	y	55.8	118	119	0
119	Corey Perry	ANA		55.2	110	109	-9
120	Seth Jones	CBJ	y	55.2	129	142	9
121	Alexander Kerfoot	COL		54.9	131	147	10
122	Mathieu Perreault	WPG		54.5	111	127	-11
123	Pavel Buchnevich	NYR		54.1	90	91	-33
124	Oliver Bjorkstrand	CBJ		54.1	141	145	17
125	Torey Krug	BOS	y	54.0	145	152	20
126	James Neal	VGK		53.2	112	113	-14
127	Christian Dvorak	ARI		52.3	128	131	1
128	Dougie Hamilton	CGY	y	52.1	149	151	21
129	Alex Pietrangelo	STL	y	52.0	108	100	-21
130	Travis Konecny	PHI		51.9	179	227	49
131	Sam Reinhart	BUF		51.8	151	153	20
132	Wayne Simmonds	PHI		51.5	117	117	-15
133	Max Domi	ARI		51.2	130	123	-3
134	Kris Letang	PIT	y	51.1	132	136	-2
135	Cam Atkinson	CBJ		49.6	140	143	5
136	T.J. Oshie	WAS		48.8	121	106	-15
137	Nino Niederreiter	MIN		48.8	119	98	-18
138	Brendan Gallagher	MON		48.5	153	159	15
139	David Krejci	BOS		48.4	124	120	-15
140	Zach Werenski	CBJ	y	48.3	137	141	-3
141	Kyle Okposo	BUF		48.0	134	169	-7
142	Tomas Hertl	SJS		46.9	133	135	-9
143	Jesper Bratt	NJD		46.6	142	155	-1
144	Charlie Coyle	MIN		46.1	136	132	-8
145	Dustin Byfuglien	WPG	y	45.8	169	173	24
146	Jeff Carter	LAK		45.5	144	128	-2
147	Ryan Strome	EDM		44.8	155	149	8
148	Alex Killorn	TBL		44.3	150	148	2
149	Kevin Labanc	SJS		44.0	147	164	-2
150	Paul Stastny	WPG		43.5	167	177	17
151	Tomas Tatar	VGK		43.5	152	157	1
152	Tanner Pearson	LAK		43.4	135	133	-17
153	Jake Gardiner	TOR	y	42.2	174	195	21
154	Ryan Spooner	NYR		41.3	181	216	27
155	Keith Yandle	FLA	y	40.9	158	165	3
156	Alexander Wennberg	CBJ		40.7	96	97	-60
157	Jakob Silfverberg	ANA		39.9	120	114	-37
158	Kevin Hayes	NYR		39.6	177	163	19
159	Nick Leddy	NYI	y	39.3	160	150	1
160	Kyle Palmieri	NJD		39.1	161	154	1
161	Mikael Backlund	CGY		38.8	162	168	1
162	Ryan Suter	MIN	y	38.5	183	189	21
163	Chris Kreider	NYR		38.1	187	179	24
164	Sven Bärtschi	VAN		37.5	163	162	-1
165	Brandon Saad	CHI		37.1	148	126	-17
166	Gustav Nyquist	DET		36.6	146	144	-20
167	Pierre-Luc Dubois	CBJ		36.1	171	174	4
168	Henrik Sedin	VAN		35.8	173	160	5
169	Daniel Sedin	VAN		35.8	191	172	22
170	Sam Bennett	CGY		35.4	176	176	6
171	Calle Jarnkrok	NSH		35.2	216	246	45
172	Thomas Vanek	CBJ		35.0	159	166	-13
173	Victor Rask	CAR		34.4	157	161	-16
174	Craig Smith	NSH		34.0	186	202	12
175	Patric Hornqvist	PIT		33.5	168	146	-7
176	Andreas Athanasiou	DET		33.4	172	183	-4
177	Mikhail Sergachev	TBL	y	33.0	156	140	-21
178	Alexander Steen	STL		32.6	178	187	0
179	Nick Foligno	CBJ		32.5	182	191	3
180	Colin Miller	VGK	y	32.1	205	229	25
181	Dustin Brown	LAK		32.1	185	199	4
182	Milan Lucic	EDM		31.7	139	138	-43
183	Matt Dumba	MIN	y	31.7	217	220	34
184	Ivan Provorov	PHI	y	31.3	195	200	11
185	Dylan Strome	ARI		30.8	180	185	-5
186	Justin Williams	CAR		30.0	192	194	6
187	Adam Henrique	ANA		29.9	193	198	6
188	Joe Thornton	SJS		29.9	154	118	-34
189	Christian Fischer	ARI		29.8	203	228	14
190	Tyler Bozak	TOR		29.6	210	167	20
191	Conor Sheary	PIT		29.6	170	171	-21
192	Jordan Staal	CAR		29.5	166	175	-26
193	Nick Bjugstad	FLA		29.5	246	237	53
194	Devin Shore	DAL		29.5	188	180	-6
195	Tyler Myers	WPG	y	29.3	215	243	20
196	Bobby Ryan	OTT		29.2	190	178	-6
197	Bryan Rust	PIT		28.8	249	255	52
198	Rasmus Ristolainen	BUF	y	28.8	198	188	0
199	Connor Brown	TOR		28.5	202	182	3
200	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	y	28.4	204	233	4
201	Phillip Danault	MON		28.4	175	156	-26
202	Marcus Johansson	NJD		28.4	164	158	-38
203	Alex Tuch	VGK		28.3	196	201	-7
204	Kevin Shattenkirk	NYR	y	28.3	143	125	-61
205	Mikko Koivu	MIN		27.9	208	190	3
206	Micheal Ferland	CGY		27.7	189	223	-17
207	Zach Hyman	TOR		27.7	222	231	15
208	Patrick Maroon	NJD		27.4	197	192	-11
209	Mattias Janmark	DAL		27.2	194	221	-15
210	Timo Meier	SJS		26.7	244	248	34
211	Adrian Kempe	LAK		26.1	224	206	13
212	Artturi Lehkonen	MON		25.9	220	211	8
213	Ryan Hartman	NSH		25.7	241	204	28
214	Andre Burakovsky	WAS		25.4	211	170	-3
215	Colton Parayko	STL	y	24.7	218	209	3
216	Chris Tierney	SJS		24.6	243	324	27
217	Jimmy Vesey	NYR		24.5	247	230	30
218	Jesse Puljujarvi	EDM		24.5	226	232	8
219	Brett Ritchie	DAL		24.4	228	234	9
220	Jacob Trouba	WPG	y	24.3	229	208	9
221	Rick Nash	BOS		24.2	270	257	49
222	Robby Fabbri	STL		24.2	223	225	1
223	Kailer Yamamoto	EDM		23.7	231	239	8
224	Anthony Beauvillier	NYI		23.7	232	236	8
225	Brandon Montour	ANA	y	23.7	209	210	-16
226	Sam Steel	ANA		23.6	233	261	7
227	Jared Spurgeon	MIN	y	23.4	234	235	7
228	Brendan Perlini	ARI		23.3	221	214	-7
229	Joonas Donskoi	SJS		22.9	235	240	6
230	Charles Hudon	MON		22.7	236	258	6
231	Duncan Keith	CHI	y	22.6	206	181	-25
232	Drake Caggiula	EDM		22.2	230	224	-2
233	Jake Muzzin	LAK	y	22.0	242	260	9
234	Anthony Duclair	CHI		22.0	200	212	-34
235	TJ Brodie	CGY	y	21.9	225	205	-10
236	Mattias Ekholm	NSH	y	21.9	254	275	18
237	Ondrej Kase	ANA		21.9	264	270	27
238	Jakub Vrana	WAS		21.8	207	197	-31
239	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	y	21.5	238	226	-1
240	Ilya Kovalchuk	UFA		21.3	274	276	34
241	Cam Fowler	ANA	y	21.2	237	242	-4
242	Ryan Ellis	NSH	y	21.1	263	286	21
243	Jake DeBrusk	BOS		20.8	261	362	18
244	Josh Ho-Sang	NYI		20.7	214	184	-30
245	Dylan Sikura	CHI		20.1	251	NR	6
246	Tyson Jost	COL		20.1	252	253	6
247	David Backes	BOS		20.0	271	292	24
248	Joel Eriksson Ek	MIN		20.0	253	251	5
249	Casey Mittelstadt	BUF		19.9	255	291	6
250	Nick Merkley	ARI		19.9	256	267	6
251	Nikolay Goldobin	VAN		19.7	258	252	7
252	Ivan Barbashev	STL		19.7	259	263	7
253	Ryan Dzingel	OTT		19.6	260	247	7
254	Pavel Zacha	NJD		19.5	250	218	-4
255	Michael Frolik	CGY		19.3	248	245	-7
256	Will Butcher	NJD	y	19.3	199	203	-57
257	Denis Malgin	FLA		19.1	280	279	23
258	Brendan Leipsic	VAN		19.1	307	282	49
259	Noah Hanifin	CAR	y	19.0	212	217	-47
260	Daniel Sprong	PIT		18.8	265	283	5
261	Colin White	OTT		18.6	267	273	6
262	Ryan Kesler	ANA		18.5	213	219	-49
263	Josh Anderson	CBJ		18.4	184	193	-79
264	Boris Katchouk	TBL		18.4	NR	NR	NEW
265	Nolan Patrick	PHI		18.4	268	269	3
266	Kirill Kaprizov	MIN		18.4	269	264	3
267	Mark Jankowski	CGY		18.2	275	293	8
268	Nick Ritchie	ANA		18.2	276	277	8
269	Vitali Abramov	CBJ		18.2	277	305	8
270	Michael McLeod	NJD		18.2	278	278	8
271	Derek Ryan	CAR		18.1	201	207	-70
272	Andrew Mangiapane	CGY		18.1	279	NR	7
273	Daniel O'Regan	BUF		18.1	281	280	8
274	Anthony Cirelli	TBL		17.6	322	319	48
275	Eeli Tolvanen	NSH		17.6	284	313	9
276	Logan Brown	OTT		17.6	285	285	9
277	Adam Lowry	WPG		17.5	286	308	9
278	Elias Pettersson	VAN		17.3	288	300	10
279	Brock Nelson	NYI		17.1	290	256	11
280	Joel Armia	WPG		17.1	272	347	-8
281	Sven Andrighetto	COL		17.0	227	196	-54
282	Ryan McDonagh	TBL	y	16.9	240	249	-42
283	Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson	BOS		16.6	291	281	8
284	Cody Glass	VGK		16.6	292	288	8
285	Owen Tippett	FLA		16.5	293	290	8
286	Troy Terry	ANA		16.5	294	311	8
287	Anders Bjork	BOS		16.5	282	265	-5
288	Taylor Raddysh	TBL		16.4	296	298	8
289	Nikita Gusev	VGK		16.4	316	339	27
290	Mark Giordano	CGY	y	16.3	299	326	9
291	Sonny Milano	CBJ		16.1	289	287	-2
292	Justin Faulk	CAR	y	16.1	298	295	6
293	Justin Schultz	PIT	y	15.9	302	294	9
294	Kasperi Kapanen	TOR		15.9	303	304	9
295	Henrik Borgstrom	FLA		15.6	306	329	11
296	Tom Wilson	WAS		15.6	373	350	77
297	Carl Soderberg	COL		15.5	273	254	-24
298	Lars Eller	WAS		15.5	310	440	12
299	J.T. Compher	COL		15.4	309	303	10
300	Nate Schmidt	VGK	y	15.4	348	364	48


March	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	Feb	Jan	Change
423	Tomas Plekanec	TOR		5.9	568	404	145
415	Frans Nielsen	DET		6.0	518	402	103
296	Tom Wilson	WAS		15.6	373	350	77
370	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	SJS	y	9.0	444	502	74
95	Yanni Gourde	TBL		65.1	165	186	70
83	Jason Zucker	MIN		71.0	138	137	55
443	Leo Komarov	TOR		5.0	497	486	54
193	Nick Bjugstad	FLA		29.5	246	237	53
197	Bryan Rust	PIT		28.8	249	255	52

March	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	Feb	Jan	Change
572	Jason Spezza	DAL		-0.8	297	268	-275
600	Patrick Eaves	ANA		-4.9	410	423	-190
557	Martin Hanzal	DAL		0.2	390	332	-167
363	Richard Panik	ARI		9.4	219	222	-144
528	Andrew Cogliano	ANA		1.8	391	398	-137
396	Vladimir Sobotka	STL		7.1	262	215	-134
426	Brian Gibbons	NJD		5.8	300	297	-126


March	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	Feb	Jan	Change
264	Boris Katchouk	TBL		18.4	NR	NR	NEW
303	Jordan Kyrou	STL		15.2	NR	NR	NEW
308	Morgan Frost	PHI		14.9	NR	NR	NEW
342	Jonathan Dahlen	VAN		11.3	NR	NR	NEW
345	Kieffer Bellows	NYI		10.8	NR	NR	NEW
358	Robert Thomas	STL		9.7	NR	NR	NEW
436	Evan Rodrigues	BUF		5.3	NR	NR	NEW

Nick Stewart 2018-03-05 at 17:13Log in to Reply

If it’s a “keeper” list i’m just curious as to why is there such monster +- when there’s an injury.
- Dobber 2018-03-05 at 17:41Log in to Reply
  
  A big part of it is immediate help. An injury makes the player completely without value for every single GM going for the win this year – so nearly half the teams become uninterested in that player, if he’s out for 20 or 30 games.
  - richard lalonde 2018-03-07 at 15:07Log in to Reply
    
    I agree with this observation and the above one, as a “keeper” league imo presupposes a longer viewpoint.
    
    I
    am in a points-only, keeper pool (27 years now), and I can say that a
    list reflecting player “value” in that pool. as would be reflected in a
    player’s trade value, would include a lot more emphasis on the value for
    that player going forward.
    
    I had written Dobber about this app 6 weeks ago.
    
    My suggestion then was a tripartite ranking, reflecting values going forward at 1 year, 3 years and 5 years.
    
    Of course this implies a fair amount of extra work.
    
    rich
Steve 2018-03-06 at 22:58Log in to Reply

What is the best way to use this list if playing for next year in a dynasty league? Are previous rankings available and would looking at rankings from a few months ago be a good way to strip out the impact of 2017 point totals? Schiefele, for example, has to be a top 10 player if you don’t care about what he offers you in 17/18.

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